Director & Counsel, Development EMEA

The Director & Counsel, Development EMEA will provide expertise across the EMEA region, overseeing legal support to Development business partners in relation to the development of new hotel projects. Responsibilities will include providing legal advice and guidance on Hilton’s wider business affairs in EMEA, managing and franchise agreements for new hotel projects, and handling all amendments, variations and other issues relating to any such agreements once signed.

Requirements

• Independent legal professional and skilled negotiator.
• Transaction management experience including negotiating legal documents to their conclusion.
• Experience in managing a pool of very demanding clients.
• Experience of working internationally in a multicultural, decentralised environment.
• Ability to create and maintain strong relations with all levels in an organisation.
• Strategic and analytical skills, presenting solutions to challenges.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly and concisely express ideas both verbally and in writing.
• Able to work irregular hours to accommodate global time differences and to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work with and get the best out of outside counsel.
• Developed interpersonal skills that build trust and instill confidence in order to motivate and influence others.
• The ability to initiate and direct collaborative efforts of multiple teams throughout an organisation, including internal resources, external resources and other constituent groups as appropriate with aim of furthering strategic goals.
• Problem-solving skills, including the ability to effectively address any issue in collaboration with others as appropriate; ability to proactively identify and prevent potential problems.

Benefits

• Paid time off including parental leave.
• Go Hilton travel program.
• Employee stock purchase program.